Portrait of Mr. Gambier
c. 1776
John I Smart
John I Smart (British, 1741–1811)
Drawings
Portrait of Mr. Gambier, c. 1776. John I Smart (British, 1741–1811). Graphite and wash on laid paper; framed: 7.9 x 6.9 cm (3 1/8 x 2 11/16 in.); unframed: 5.8 x 2.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Edward B. Greene Collection 1941.566 Sketches helped John Smart work out the particulars of a portrait before commencing the miniature on ivory; they were useful in the event that a duplicate might later be required.
- Maker/Artist
- Smart, John I
- Classification
- Portrait Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- graphite and wash on laid paper
- Dimensions
- Framed: 7.9 x 6.9 cm (3 1/8 x 2 11/16 in.); Unframed: 5.8 x 2.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signature: none; inscribed in graphite on front of paper at upper right corner: [?][?]2; inscribed on paper backing: in graphite, upside down at upper left: 15; in graphite, on a slant at left center to upper right: Mr. Fitzherbert; inscribed on back of paper in graphite: Mr. [Gambier]; inscribed in brown ink: Gambier
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1941.566
- Credit Line
- The Edward B. Greene Collection
- Exhibitions
- Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America, Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives, <em>Royal Amateur Art Society Exhibition of Miniatures</em>, Moncorvo House, London, (March 5-8, 1904).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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